Original British WWII Import Marked 3rd Pattern Fairbairn Sykes Fighting Knife with Scabbard DVD Colonel O'Malley

Colonel O'Malley

They both feature a single row of 10mm NCO tress around the outside with two rank "Pips" added

This particular Uniform is a Denim 1940 “Austerity” pattern uniform

continued to direct his men in the battle until the Indians withdrew

surcharge on the left side of the barrel

Original British WWII Import Marked 3rd Pattern Fairbairn Sykes Fighting Knife with Scabbard DVD Colonel O'MalleyOriginal Item: Only One Available. This is a very good example of a late "Third Pattern" British Fairbairn Sykes commando dagger, with an alloy handle and original scabbard. As brass was a "strategic material," only the early examples of the third pattern have brass handles, with later war produced models having blacked alloy handles. The handle dates production to late 1944 early 1945. The knives varied somewhat in size, and this example measures